Liberal Democrat candidate Wera Hobhouse added she would like to hear more about what the pupils thought. “You are the future and I say nothing is impossible. If you want voting at 10, let’s talk about it,” she said later.

“That would be my message to young people: We can change things, the sky is the limit.”

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He had the support of St Andrew's classmates Zac, Jamie and Ethan, all aged 11.

Zac said: "If the Green Party won I felt they would work on specific things.

"But Joe had a wide range of things that he wanted to do and all of those were pretty good."

St Andrew’s headteacher Sue East said: “They all clapped each other. Look at them: they might be feeling disappointed but they’re still OK to carry on another day to try to do the things that they think are right for our society. That’s really important.”